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Sentinels superstar TenZ retires from Valorant pro play
TenZ is someone who has defined Valorant’s competitive history from the very days it started. His time with Sentinels has made him one of the biggest names in the game, someone who had millions of fans and won multiple international titles. However, he suddenly announced that he’s retiring from pro play.
The reason he gave behind retiring from competitive play was wanting to live his life outside of the game a bit more, pursuing other interests and stepping away from the rigorous schedule that comes with being a pro player.
“I’ve known since the start of this year. I told myself, ‘This is my last year.’ It was definitely for me to give it my all and play without any regrets,” he explained.
“There’s just a lot of stuff that I wanna do outside of the game that I’m very ambitious about, stuff that I definitely needed more time in my own schedule to chase after.”
He didn’t rule out subbing in for Sentinels every once in a while if they needed it, but he’s officially stepping away from the starting roster.
In a follow-up video, TenZ revealed that he told his teammates that he’d be retiring as a competitor right before Valorant Champions Seoul.
He said the decision was a “no-brainer” with how well his content is doing on its own and claimed that his teammates understood when he told them that he’d be stepping away.
TenZ is known as one of the best Duelist players to ever touch Valorant, with him sometimes making the most important matches of the year look like one-sided stomps in ranked. Few players have gotten 5Ks in competitive play like he has.
He even managed to swap roles, with him playing Agents like Omen and Gekko more toward the end of his career and focusing on playing for the team. It was a huge departure from his preference toward Duelists like Reyna and Jett when he won his first international title in 2021, but the change worked out considering Sentinels won their second international title this year.
Currently, TenZ is the only North American player to have two Masters event wins, and he’ll be ending his career on a high note....
Diablo 4’s Artificer’s Pit’s inconsistent respawns have players fuming
The Artificer’s Pit is Diablo 4’s penultimate challenge but poorly placed respawns add a dimension of difficulty that is really grating on some players.
Diablo 4 Season 4 will go down in the game’s history for a near-life-saving overhaul. Major changes to the game’s itemization via deeper crafting mechanics and more meaningful gear upgrades were introduced, and they’re sticking around for good.
Of course, it’s not just mechanical reworks that helped improve the experience. The early game was bolstered with revamped Helltides while the Artificer’s Pit became the new standard by which endgame builds are judged.
Unfortunately, this notoriously difficult challenge dungeon isn’t without its… pitfalls. Diablo 4 players are getting fed up with how the Pit handles its respawns, particularly when it costs them valuable time.
A thread posted by Reddit user LordofDarkChocolate maligned the game’s habit of respawning players in the first level of the Pit, despite dying on the second level. They aren’t alone in their frustrations with plenty of Diablo 4 denizens voicing their own displeasure.
“The checkpoint system in Dungeons is abysmal. All these Campfire Chats and no one has once asked why these are the way they are,” one player complained. “Respwan should be by the portal on level 2. Don’t make us walk through an empty map because of some sort of checkpoint bs,” another added.
Some players have taken this as an incentive “not to die” but the Artificer’s Pit already gives players a penalty to their survivability and clear time upon a Pit death. These inconsistent respawns add an additional penalty in the crucial seconds it takes players to work their way back to the second level.
The issue of respawning on the Pit’s first level despite dying on the second will normally only occur if you fail to travel far enough into the second level. Still, it can be a major hassle as many Diablo 4 players have expressed.
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